This text introduces students, scholars, and interested educated readers to the issues of human memory broadly considered, encompassing both individual memory,

Essays deal with the psychological, social, artistic, historical, and political aspects of human memory

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In ten brilliant essays, Jan Assmann explores the connections between religion, culture, and memory. Building on Maurice Halbwachs's idea that memory, like lang